Todd W. Bressi is a public art consultant, urban designer, educator and writer. He has managed his own independent public art consulting practice since 2000, with a full-time focus since 2008. 

Todd offers clients a unique depth and breadth of experience. He consults with public agencies, civic/community groups, cultural organizations and private developers throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has worked on more than thirty public art, arts district and placemaking plans, managed complex public art commissions, and teamed with artists on collaborative design and community engagement projects. He has led public art field development workshops and taught public art courses at the University of Pennsylvania.

Todd values long-term relationships with his clients and the communities he works with. As project manager and, before that, coordinator of artistic planning for Mural Arts Philadelphia, he has helped guide the artistic program of the nation’s largest public art organization. He is often asked back to update plans he previously written, or support specific projects.


Todd values collaboration with artists, organizations and other planning and design consultants. Over the years he has built an extensive web of relationships that have enriched his practice and helps him connect his clients to the best possible knowledge base to meet their needs.

Collaborators

Collaborating Consultants

Via Partnership
Amewa Fine Arts
Angela Anderson Adams
Creative Time
Dwyer Brown
Jessica Cusick
Jo Davis
Designing Local
Jennifer McGregor
Deana Miller
Ellen Ryan
Public City
Patricia Walsh
Howard Wellman

Organizational Collaborators

City of Alexandria, Va.
Arlington County, Va.
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Mural Arts Philadelphia

Planning and Design Collaborators

Alliiance
Architects Southwest
Atelier Dreiseitl
Brinkley Sargent Architects
Brown and Storey Architects
FKB Productions
Gensler
Gorbet Design
Jacobs
Laboratory for Architecture and Building
Lardner Klein Landscape Architects
Little
Office of MacFarlane Biggar
Perkins and Will
Stantec
Strand Associates
Toole Design Group
VPS Cartographie
WSP

Artists

ADD/FUEL
Jill Anholt
Rhonda Babb
Melinda Beck
Priscilla Bell
Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson
Blendid
Kendrah Butler-Waters
Brad Carney
Chenlin Cai
Cliff Garten Studio
Aaron Hoke Doegnes
Patrick Dougher
Cliff Garten Studio
Kristen Chapman Gibbons
Robert Goodman
Andre Leon Gray
David Guinn
Hays + Ryan Holladay
Walter Hood
HOXXOH
Wing Young Huie
Illumination Coalition
Liz Ingram
Nina Cooke John
Eurhi Jones
Seitu Jones
sāgar kāmath
Jeff Larramore
Andrea Legge
Stacy Levy
Studio Cooke-John
Yvonne Lung

Matthew Mazzotta
Jama Mohammed
Sushmita Mazumdar
Oluwafemi
Valerie Otani
Phillips Metal Work
Phillip K. Smith III
Jody Pinto
Public Workshop
Rebar
Roadsworth
David Robinson Studio
Josh Sarentitis
Norie Sato
Kathryn Sclavi
Lucas Seaward
Buster Simpson
Thoughtbarn
Mat Tomezcko
Anthony Torcasio
Ben Volta
Yolanda Wisher
Gabe Wong
Works Progress
zerozero Collective